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Versailles is a city in Woodford County, Kentucky, United States and is located near Lexington. It is also part of the Lexington-Fayette Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 7,511 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Woodford County.[1] The city's name is pronounced differently from the French city of the same name:
[edit] HistoryVersailles was founded on June 23, 1792, on 80 acres (320,000 m2) of land owned by Hezekiah Briscoe, at the time only a child. His guardian, Major Marquis Calmes, named the town after Versailles, France, in honor of General Lafayette, a family friend. The city was officially incorporated on February 13, 1837. It was briefly occupied during the Civil War by Confederate and Union forces. [edit] IndustryThe area is a center for horse breeding, both Thoroughbred (Airdrie Stud, Ashford Stud, Ashview Farm, Brookdale Farm, Buck Pond Farm, Fallbrook Farm, Glenwood Farm, Lane's End Farm, Pin Oak Stud, Richland Hills Farm, Rose Hill Farm, Stonewall Farm, Sun Valley Farm, Three Chimneys Farm, Two Bucks Farm, and WinStar Farm), Standardbred (Brittany Farms), and Saddlebred (Lenore Farms). The area is home to Woodford Reserve Distillery, a station on the Bourbon Trail. Most of the small town scenes in the movie Elizabethtown (film) were filmed here. Versailles was also the setting of the movie Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story. [edit] GeographyVersailles is located at 38°3′17″N 84°43′51″W / 38.05472°N 84.73083°W (38.054651, -84.730909).[2] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.8 square miles (7.3 km2), all of it land. [edit] DemographicsAs of the census[3] of 2000, there were 7,511 people, 3,160 households, and 2,110 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,668.7 per square mile (1,030.4 /km2). There were 3,330 housing units at an average density of 1,183.2 per square mile (456.8 /km2). The racial makeup of the city was 88.18% White, 8.67% African American, 0.15% Native American, 0.35% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 1.34% from other races, and 1.30% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.29% of the population. There were 3,160 households out of which 29.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.7% were married couples living together, 14.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.2% were non-families. 28.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.89. 23.2% of the population was under the age of 18, 10.1% from 18 to 24, 29.4% from 25 to 44, 23.7% from 45 to 64, and 13.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 88.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.8 males. The median income for a household in the city was US $35,052, and the median income for a family was $41,567. Males had a median income of $31,056 versus $24,488 for females. The per capita income for the city was $18,489. About 11.1% of families and 14.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.0% of those under age 18 and 20.9% of those age 65 or over. [edit] Notable residents
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